Agricultural machine



June 7, 1938.

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June 7, 1938. c. E. PHILLIPS AGRICULTURAL MACHINE -Filed June 13, 1936 3Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented June 7, 1938 UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL MACHINECharles Edward Phillips, Logan, W. Va.

Application June 13,

Claims.

One object of the present invention is to provide a motor propelledvehicle, to which a gathering rake, a pick-up rake, a mowing mechanismor a device for driving a rotating tool, may be con- 5 nected readily.Another object of the invention is to supply novel means for raising andlowering the rakes at the will of an operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for drivingthe vehicle from the front wheels and steering the vehicle from the rearwheels. The invention aims to supply novel mechanism for transmittingmovement from the engine of the vehicle to the front or driving wheelsof the vehicle and to a mower, it being possible to operate the vehiclewithout operating the mowing mechanism, if the person in control of thevehicle wishes to do so.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings: a Fig. 1 shOWS in top plan, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view illustrating part of the drivingmeans;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a planillustrating the auxiliary driving shaft;

Fig. '7 is an elevation showing a part of the means for mounting themowing mechanism.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a vehicle, which may bean automobile, the frame I of which is turned end for end with respectto the engine 34, so as to have a front drive, and to effect thesteering from the rear.

A rear axle2 is secured by springs 3, or otherwise, to the'rear part ofthe frame I, and has pivotally mounted, horizontal movable ends 4whereon the rear wheels 5 are journaled. The axle ends 4 are suppliedwith rearwardly extended arms 5, to which the extremities of a drag linkI are pivotally connected. One of the arms 6 has a forwardly extendedoffset 8 to which a con- 1936, Serial No. 85,148 (Cl. 74-389) trollingrod 9 is joined by a ball and socket joint Ill. The forward end of thecontrolling rod 9 is operatively connected to a steering mechanism II onthe frame I, the steering mechanism comprising a hand wheel I2 locatedaccessibly with respect to a drivers seat I4 on the frame I.

A front axle housing I5 is connected by springs I 6, or otherwise, tothe forward portion of the frame I. A front axle I1 is journaled in thefront axle housing I5. Forward ground wheels I8 are secured to the frontaxle I'l.

Rearwardly extended brackets I9 are attached to the back part of theframe I. A gathering rake 20, having curved tines, is hinged at 2| tothe rear ends of the brackets I9, for vertical swinging adjustment; Therake 20 is provided with an upstanding post 22 to which is attached therear end of a cable 23, or the like.

The numeral 24 marks a pickup rake disposed at the front of the vehicle,the pickup rake comprising teeth 25. The pickup rake 24 has anupstanding back 26. Certain of the teeth 25 are prolonged rearwardly, toform arms 21, connected by the U-bolts 28 or the like, to the forwardaxle housing I5, a detachable connection thus being afforded, and itbeing possible to swing the pickup rake 24 upwardly and' downwardly.Cables 29 or the like are attached-at their forward ends to the backportion 26 of the pickup rake 24, and the rear ends of these cables aremounted detachably for adjustment in openings 30 in disks 3i, secured toa transverse shaft 32 journaled for rocking movement on the frame I. Atthis point it may be noted that the cable 23 which controls the verticalswinging adjustment of the gathering rake 20, is likewise connecteddetachably to one of the disks 3|. The transverse shaft 32 is providedwith an upstand ing handle 33, accessible from the drivers seat I4.

An internal combustion engine 34 is mounted on the frame I. Thetransmission casing is shown at 35. A supplemental, downwardly extendedcasing 35 is attached to the rear end of the transmission casing 35, andis sustained from the rear axle 2 by means of a brace 3'l.'

The mowing mechanism may be of any desired construction and, therefore,the description of the mowing mechanism may be shortened' accordingly.It comprises a support 38, on which a cutter bar 39 is mounted forreciprocation. A connection 40 is joined at its outer end to the support38 for the cutter bar 39, and is detachably joined, as shown at 4i, toone side of the supplemental casing 36. A brace 42 is joined to theconnection 40, intermediate the ends of the connection. The brace 42extends upwardly and forwardly, and is Joined detachably to an eye 43(Fig, 7) on the frame i. The support 36 and the cutter bar 39 maybetilted up and down with respect to a transverse axis, that-is, tiltedfrom front to back, by means of a link, Joined at its forward end to thesupport .36 for the cutter bar 33, and usually Joined at its rear end toa lever 43, fulcrumedon the frame and adapted to cooperatewith a segment46' on the frame i. The support 33 and the cutter bar 33 may be swungupwardly and downwardly by the usual mechanism, embodying a connection41 joined to one of the disks 3| on the transverse shaft 32. The cutterbar 33 is reciprocated on the support 33, by means of e pitman 43. The

general means for mounting and adjustingthe position of the cutter barin a mowing machine is well known. and need not be elaborated upon.

The shift lever for the transmission mechanism is marked by the numeral49. The transmission mechanism comprises an engine driven shaft 33,shown in Fig. 1 and having an abutment II." A pinion 32 is splined tothe rear end of the shaft 33, and a compression spring is interposedbetween the abutment 3i and the pinion 32, to hold the pinion 32 in theposition shown in Fig. 4, the spring being marked by the numeral 33.

The pinion 32 meshes with a gear wheel 64 secured to a tubular shaft 53journaled on a stub shaft 53 mounted in the supplemental casing 36. Thetubular shaft 66 has secured thereto a pinion 51 meshingwith a gearwheel 33 carried by a part 63 of a shaft located in a universal Jointcasing-63, connectedto the depending casing .36. The shaft 69 extendsthrough a torque tube 6|, and the torque tube 6i leads to the usualdifferential mechanism 62, interposed in the front axle housing l5 andin the front axle II.

' v The shaft 59 which carries. the gear wheel 66 has a reduced end 63on which slides for adjustment, a tubular shaft 64, the tubular shaft 64being slidable in an offset 63 on the supplemental casing 36. A pinion66 is keyed to the tubular 'rearwardly extended bearings 10 on thesupplemental casing 36, and in these bearings III, a

, vertical shaft II is joumaled. The shaft 1| has a handle 12 at itsupper end. On the lower end of the shaft ii there is an eccentric I3,which cooperates with the fly wheel 68, at the will of an operator.

There is an opening 14 in the rear wall of the supplemental casing 36,as shown in Fig. 4. This opening 14 is adapted to receive a socket IS onthe forward end of a driving shaft 16. The socket 16 is adapted toengage the rear end of the shaft 53. The driving shaft 16 is removable,but is iournaled in a bearing 11 on the rear end of the frame I. On itsrear end, the shaft 16 has any suitable means I6 for retaining on theshaft,- a grindstone, a buzz saw or any other imbolts 23,'the pickup as.may be removed. The detachable connections. shown at 42-43 in Fig. 7 andat 4i. in, Fig. 3 enable the operator to remove the mowing mechanism ifhe wishes to do so. The gathering rake 23 then may be 0])- erated,itbeing possible to raise and lower the rake 23 by means of the post 22on the rake, the

cable 23, the disk 3| to which the cable 23 i3 A attached, thetransverse shaft 32 and the handle 33.- The rake 23 is employed togather hay or any other crop into windrows. I

'- The gathering rake 23 may be raised to inop erative position, and thepickup rake 23 may be mounted on the front axle housing i 3 by means ofthe U-bolts 23. Then the machine maybe 24 gathering up the crop, andcarrying it to the by a train of parts comprising'the cables 33, thedisks 3|, the transverse shaft 32 and the bandle 33.

The pickup rake 24 may be removed, the

gathering rake 23 may be raised to inoperative depends upon theoperation of the mechanism for advancing the vehicle, the vehicle drivenow will be traced out.

The engine 34, operating through the transmission mechanism 33, rotatesthe shaft 33 and turns the pinion 62, rotation being imparted to thegear wheel 34, the tubular shaft I3,'the pinion 31, the.

pinion 33, the shaft 33, the differential mechanism 32, the front axlei1 and the forward ground wheels i3. v

When the pinion 34 is rotated-rotation is imparted to the pinion 33 andto the-tubular shaft 64, thefly wheel 33 being operated, andreciprocation being imparted to the of the pinion 43.

There are times when it will be desirable to run lengthwise of thewindrows, the pickup rake place of deposit. The pickup rake 24 is,operated cutter bar 33 by way operate the machine as a vehicle, withoutre- I ciprocating the cutter bar 33. Under such circumstances, the shaftll of Fig. 4 is rotated by means of the handle 12, and the eccentric I3.engaging the fly wheel 33, moves the fly wheel and the tubular shaft 34to the left in Fig. 3, the pinion 63 being pulled out ofmesh with thegear wheel 34, the pinion 33 entering the oifset 33 of the supplementalcasing 33. The vehicle then can be driven without reciprocating thecutter bar 33. In order to return the pinion 33 to mesh with the gearwheel 34, the shaft H and the eccentric l3 are restored to the positionof Fig. 4, the' spring 31 carrying the pinion 33 back into mesh with thegear wheel 34.

It may be desirable to rotate the shaft 13 of. Fig. 6 without moving thevehicle or reciprocating'the cutter bar 33. The shaft 13 is assembledwith the rear end portion of the frame i, for rotation, by means of thebearing II of Fig. 6. The shaft 16 is moved to the right in Fig. 4, thesocket I 16 on the shaft I3 enters the opening I4 in the supplementalcasing 36, and the end of the shaft 30 is received in the socket 13, theshaft 13 being coupled to the shaft 36, so that when the shaft missionmechanism 33, the shaft 13 will be rotated also. The socket l3 slidesthe pinion 32 to the right in Fig. 4, out of mesh with the gear wheel34, and, consequently, there is no driving I ,50 is rotated by theengine 34, through the trans- I connection between the shaft 33 and thetubuiar shaft 64'or the shaft 33. When the shaft 13 is rotated, to turnany tool held on the shaft by the device shown at 18 in Fig. 6, thevehicle will not be advanced nor will the cutter bar 39 be reciprocated.

Broadly stated, the vehicle may be constructed by reversing anautomobile end for end with respect to the engine 34. The vehicle is soconstituted that a variety of operations incident to farming may becarried out readily by means of a single vehicle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. Power transmitting mechanism comprising a casing, a driven shaftextended into the casing, a second shaft journaled in the casing andcomprising a first part held against longitudinal movement and a secondpart having longitudinal movement, means for driving machinery from eachpart of the second shaft, an intermediate gear wheel and an intermediatepinion connected for rotation together, and journaled in the eas- .ing,a driven pinion on the second part of the second shaft and meshing withthe intermediate gear wheel, a gear wheel on the first part of thesecond shaft and meshing with the intermediate pinion, a pinion on thedriven shaft and meshing with the intermediate gear wheel, and meansunder the control of an operator for moving the second part of thesecond shaft longitudinally, to disengage the driven pinion from theintermediate gear wheel.

2. A device of the class described constructed as set forth in claim 1,in combination with spring means for restoring the driven pinion to meshwith the intermediate gear wheei, when the means-for moving the secondpart of the second shaft longitudinally is moved to inoperativeposition.

3. Power transmitting mechanism comprising a casing, a driven shaftextended into the easing, a second shaft iournaled in the casing andcomprising a first part held against longitudinal movement and a secondpart having longitudinal movement, means for driving machinery from eachpart of the second shaft, the means for driving machinery from thesecond part of the second shaft comprising a power-transmitting wheel onthe second part of the second shaft, an

intermediate gear wheel and an intermediate pinion connected forrotation together and Journaled in the casing, a driven pinion on thesecond part of the second shaft and meshing with the intermediate gearwheel, a gear wheel on the first part of the second shaft and meshingwith the intermediate pinion, a pinion on the driven shaft and meshingwith the intermediate gear wheel, a third shaft supported for rotationon the casing and under the control of an operator, and an eccentric onthe third shaft, the eccentric engaging the power-transmitting wheel, tomove the second part of the second shaft longitudinally, thereby todisengage the driven pinion from the intermediate gear wheel.

4. A device of the class described constructed as set forth in claim 1and further characterized by the fact that the pinion of the drivenshaft is slidable on the driven shaft, into and out of mesh with theintermediate gear wheel, and means for sliding the pinion of the drivenshaft into and out of mesh with the intermediate gear wheel.

5. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1,and further characterized by the fact that the pinion of the drivenshaft is slidable thereon, into and out of mesh with the intermediategear wheel, the means for sliding the pinion on the driven shaftcomprising a tool-actuating shaft having means for holding a tool andhaving a detachable coupling for engagement with the driven shaft, thecoupling en-' gaging the pinion on the driven shaft, to move a thatpinionout of engagement with the intermediate gear wheel.

CHARLES EDWARD PHJLLIPS.

